Style is a form of expression. It is recognizing who you truly are, accepting it, refining it and celebrating it....
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." — Oscar Wilde

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Ever evolving fashion scene!!

Even though I am from Nepal, a small beautiful country sandwiched between India and China, sometimes it is simply hard to ignore the influence and power these countries have on other developing and underdeveloped countries and India for that matter has an edge over China in terms of its soft power. Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that India's soft power has been continually growing as a result of the enormous popularity of Bollywood movies and a thriving media market. Its growing influence on its neighboring countries simply stems from the fact that it is a democratic nation and it is always ready to take challenges and risks on the path towards modernization and prosperity. Analogy aside, there is clearly no denial that this country with over 1.18 billion people has become a congregation of vibrant fashion minds from all over the world. With international events such as the India Fashion Week taking place annually and Indian beauties winning major beauty contests such as Miss World and Miss Universe have definitely given the Indian fashion scene a new name in the global fashion arena. And, collections of major fashion designers such as Ritu Kumar, Ritu Beri, Rohit Bal,Tarun Tahiliani and Manish Malhotra have only made it better. And, their
Indo-western inspired clothes have been successful in tapping and attracting a huge market of mainly the South-East Asian diaspora living in the western hemisphere.

Therefore with this topic in mind, I felt this strong urge to feature some of the Indo-western looks for my readers, so that we can all get a taste of what I am talking about. I think that fashion isn't limited to a particular look. Fashion has no boundaries and no rules. It can be as simple as symbolizing the influence of two different cultures. And, finally fashion and is always evolving....

No comments:

Post a Comment

About me

I am originally from Kathmandu, Nepal, a small country in South Asia. Now, I live in the United States. I do feel that I am fortunate enough to have the best of both worlds in terms of culture and fashion.

My love for fashion and style happened early on. I would save my pocket money every month and buy fashion magazines and delve into them for hours and hours, as a result I was able to develop a good knowledge on fashion and the fashion industry. This love continued on to college when I started styling friends for their date nights and homecoming. In addition, my graphic design and advertising classes during undergraduate years helped me to understand color concepts, schemes and design elements at an optimal level.

Furthermore, my work experience as a sales/merchandising associate for a department store like Dillards during my undergraduate years have provided me with good foundational knowledge on fabrics and designs of clothes and a hands-on experience on helping customers coordinate their outfits according to their body shapes, lifestyles, and needs.

As a fashion blogger, I will be blogging pretty much about everything that surrounds fashion and style with a sprinkle of my personality. I will try to bring a different perspective on fashion blogging. I will be blogging on current trends, budget shopping, highlighting news articles on mainstream fashion and style, focusing on the global fashion scene (mainly South Asia- where i was born and grew up) and other random musings of life. Therefore with that intention in mind, I hope this blogging experience becomes a fun adventure for myself- where I can share my thoughts on fashion with other fashion lovers and hope it becomes a fashionable cultural forum for my readers, where they become a part of this fashionable cultural experience!